Sportsklubben Ceres (''The sports club Ceres'') was founded September 25, 1921, and is a multidisciplinary team for cycling, cross-country skiing and triathlon and ice skating.
SK Ceres is a member of the
Norwegian Confederation of Sports through the Akershus Sports Club. The club is also a member of the special federations of
Norwegian Cycling Federation,
Norwegian Ski Federation,
Norwegian Skating Association and Norway's Triathlon Association (here as a separate group as there are no circles for this branch in Norway), through the Akershus Cycle Circle, Akershus Ski Circuit and Akershus and Oslo Skating Circuits. It was earlier a member of the
Workers' Sports Federation.
SK Ceres belongs in
Skedsmo municipality and is a member of Skedsmo Sports Council.
Cycling
The sports club was technical host for the norwegian championships in track cycling 1958.
Speed skating
The sports club was technical host for the norwegian junior all-round speed skating championships for men in 1952 and 1983, both held at the
Lillestrøm Stadion.
The speed skating relay team of Linda Olsen, Jane Iren Nielsen and Trude Nielsen are the national speed skating relay champions in both senior and junior in 1990.
Famous skaters
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Kay Stenshjemmet
Kay Arne Stenshjemmet (born 9 August 1953) is a former speed skater from Norway.
Short biography
Together with Amund Sjøbrend, Sten Stensen, and Jan Egil Storholt, Kay Stenshjemmet was one of the legendary ''four S-es'' (which sounds like "four ...
– 1980 double olympic silvermedalist (1500 meter and 5000 meter), behind Eric Heiden.
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Bjørn Nyland – 1981 speed skating junior world champion, and 1983 european speed skating bronzemedalist.
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Geir Karlstad
Geir Karlstad (born 7 July 1963) is a Norwegian former speed skater and national team speed skating coach.
Biography
Although best at the longest distances (the 5,000 m and the 10,000 m), Geir Karlstad became Junior World Allround Champ ...
– 1992 speed skating olympic champion (5000 meter), and 1982 speed skating junior world champion.
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Frode Syvertsen – 1988 speed skating olympian.
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Øystein Hammeren – 1989 norwegian single distances speed skating champion 10.000 meter.
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Jane Iren Nielsen – member of the norwegian women's speed skating relay champions for 1990.
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Linda Olsen – member of the norwegian women's speed skating relay champions for 1990,
and 5 time world speed skating sprint championships-participant (1994, 1995, 2000, 2001 and 2002).
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Trude Nielsen – member of the norwegian women's speed skating relay champions for 1990.
References
External links
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Speed skating clubs in Norway
Cycling clubs
Ski clubs
Triathlon organizations
Sport in Skedsmo
Sports clubs established in 1921
1921 establishments in Norway
Arbeidernes Idrettsforbund
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